How to Fast Track your Agent Orange Claim
AGENT ORANGE Fast Track Claims Processing System With recent reports of VA Disability Claim backlogs approaching the 1 million mark, and an average 125 day wait, this is valuable information for Agent...
View ArticleHouse Passes Military Construction/VA Funding Bill 407-12
House Passes VA Funding: By a vote of 407-12, the House Thursday night overwhelming passed the Military Construction/VA funding bill despite threats of a veto by “the Administration”. The bill, H.R....
View ArticleRecent Email Scams Affecting Military Members, Retirees, and Federal Civilians
The Defense Accounting and Finance Service is warning military members, retirees, and federal civilians about potential email scams from posers seeking access into their pay accounts. If you receive...
View ArticleHUD-VASH Voucher Program Aims to Stop Homeless Veterans Epidemic
Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) are working together to provide the fastest and most complete service possible to those who served our country who now...
View ArticleGiBill.com to Pay 2.5 Million for Fraudulent Recruiting of Student Veterans
The website GIBill.com has officially been turned over to the Department of Veterans Affairs and ordered to pay $2.5 million to 20 states as part of a settlement for fraudulent recruiting practices....
View ArticleVA Targets Faster Claims Processing with New Segmented Lanes Process and...
Segmented Lanes is a new process that has been implemented at 16 VA regional offices, and will be adopted by all VA regional offices throughout 2013. When a veteran files a claim or sends evidence to...
View ArticleVA Announces New Pre-Determination Process to Help Veteran Owned Small...
The VA Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization and the Center for Veterans Enterprise (CVE) have combined to announce the implement of a helpful new “Pre-Determination Findings...
View ArticleVA Establishes New Help Hotline for Lady Veterans
Although women make up nearly 15 percent of today’s active duty military and 18 percent of National Guard and Reserve forces, lady veterans comprise only 6 percent of the total number of veterans...
View ArticleUS House Veterans Affairs Committee Pushes Key Veterans Bills Forward
Veterans Affairs Committees in both the U.S. House and U.S. Senate have been focused on packaging Veteran-related bills to get them on the floor. They’ve heard testimony from many experts from a...
View ArticleVA Seeks Veterans Comments for Burn Pit Registry Assessment Questionnaire
SEC. 201 of the Dignified Burial and Veterans Benefits Improvement Act required the VA to establish a burn-pit registry by January of 2014. To better ascertain and monitor the health effects of the...
View ArticleVA Gives $300 Million in New 2013 Grants to Help End Veterans’ Homelessness
. Initiative Targets 120,000 Homeless and At-Risk Vets and Families. . Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki announced the award of nearly $300 million in grants last week that will help...
View ArticleGovernment Chooses Foreign Aid Payments over America’s Veterans and Grieving...
VFW Disgusted with Elected Leadership and Steps in to Help Military Families WASHINGTON (October 9, 2013) — The nation’s oldest and largest war veterans’ organization is disgusted with the partisan...
View ArticleVA Issues Toll-Free Number Fraud Alert
The Department of Veterans Affairs has issued a fraud alert about a marketing scam that is targeting veterans who incorrectly dial the VA National Call Center (800-827-1000) or the GI Bill Call Center...
View ArticleSenate Veterans’ Affairs Committe Clears Putting Veterans Funding First Act
The Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee cleared several bills that will improve access to healthcare and shield veterans from any budget or shutdown uncertainly that may occur in the future. The...
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